Sliding-door hanger.



l A PATENT'BD JAN.17, 1905. G. VOGT & J. MILLER. y SLIDING D005 HANGER.

m illl. :1H /TTIM//d E l' F w/mfs'sf l y UNITED STATES l Patented January 17, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

SLIDINGDooR HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming par@ of Letters'ratent No. 780,389, dated January 17, 1905.

Application yfiled December 31,1903. $era1No.187,330. l

` Door Hangers, of which the following is aspecification. .n

This inventionis an improvement 1n slidingdoor hangers or supports, and especially 1n the devices for. holdingthe door of the car,

the invention having for an object, among others, to provide a novel construction in the form of a support for the lower end of the door adapted to slide on the rail at the base of the doorway of the car; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a car provided with our improvement. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view ofthe door-shoe shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing a somewhat dif.- ferent form of shoe.

In lthe accompanying drawings, the car A, door B, and rail C at the base of the door may be of the ordinary construction. To the lower end of the door B is secured the shoey D, having at itsupper end the bracket D/, lapped against the o uter side of the door and provided on its inner side with the upwardlyfacing shoulder D2 at about the base of the bracket D and which forms a rest for the lower edge of thedoor B, as shown in Fig. 1. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, which diers somewhat from that shown in Fig. 1, the' shoe E is provided with the bracket E,cor responding to the bracket D', and with the shoulder E2, corresponding to the shoulder D2 of the construction shown in Fig. 1; but in Fig. 3 the body of the shoe is located laterally at the outer side of the line of the bracket E', while in'Fig. l the .body of the shoe is located at the inner side of the line of the bracket D,so that in Fig. 1 the body of the shoe lies immediately below the door B, while in Fig. 3 the bodyT ofthe shoe lies outside the plane of the door, as shown in such Fig. 3 of the drawings. The body of the shoe (see Fig.

l 1) includes an outer plate D3, which extends vdown along the outer side of the rail C, the

inwardly-projecting portion D4, below the rail C, and the upwardly-projecting flange D5,

vwhich extends up Jfor a short distance above the lower edgeof the rail C and forms with the outer plate D3 a groove at Z to receive the lower edge of the rail C. In the construction pending upper flange D6 inv the same plane as the iiange D5 and overlapping the innerside of the upper edge of the rail C, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. It will thus be noticed we provide a shoe which embraces the llower rail C and operates to securely hold the door l thereto, so the door may slide back and forth,

as desired. It is preferred to employ rollers F in the shoe to run upon the lower rail. As shown, the rollers F are provided with trunnions f, which operate in slots @Z3 and d in the parts D3 and DG, the said slots eXtending to the lower edge of the depending iange D6 and also extending in theplate D3 to a point opposite the openingD7 between the upper and lower flanges D and D5, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This construction facilitatesthe introduction of the rollers and the adjustment thereof to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In the construction shown in Figs. l and 3 it will be noticed we provide the shoe with a body portion to embrace the rail, with an upwardly-projecting bracket to lap against the outer face of the door, and with a shoulder to underlie the lower edge of the door, so the shoe can be securely held to the door by the bolts, as shown in both Figs. 1 and 3. In Fig. 3 the bolts H are shown passing through the bracket E and securing the same firmly to the door, the latter resting on the upwardlyfacing shoulder at the inner side of the bracket, as shown in both Figs. 1 and 3 ofthe drawings.

The casting may be made of wrought-iron or other suitable material and with or without rollers without departing from some of- Abody portion embracing said rail, and an upwardly-projecting bracket lapping against and securedto the outer face of the door, and an upwardlvfacing shoulder underlying the lower edge of the door, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the door, the rail at the base of the door, the shoe having a body portion provided with an outer plate, an inwardly-projecting portion at the lower edge of the outer plate, the flange projecting upwardly from said inwardly-projecting portion, the depending Hange in alineinent with said first flange and provided in its lower edge with slots, slots being` also formed in thel outer plato in line with those in the flange, and the roller having its trunnions litting in the slots in the outer plate and thedepending flange orl the shoe, the body portion or' the shoe having an upwardly-facing shoulder lapping beneath thc lower edge of the door, and a bracket projecting' upwardly above said shoulder and lapping against the face of thc door substantially as set forth.

GEORGE VOG'I. JULIUS MILLER.. VV'tnesses:

XVILBUR C. BENTON, SARAH A. BENTON. 

